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shudder

[shuhd-er] / ˈʃʌd ər /


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“I’m glad it’s down, but I shudder at what it would be if we had not invested the resources,” she told reporters outside of the Van Nuys police station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

When he is, we shudder and wonder how the world could be so cruel.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

A 1970s-style outcome, or anything close to it, would have been enough to make anyone shudder — but especially retirees and others living on fixed or semi-fixed incomes.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

She stopped and a shudder ran through her, increasing in intensity for a few seconds, till, at the end, she shook as though in a palsy.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The remarks sent shudders through chipmakers particularly, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tumbling 5.9 percent -- its biggest drop in more than two months, according to Bloomberg.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

Khushboo Bharti, 31, says she shudders every time she remembers the night of 13 November, when she had to rush her one-year-old daughter Samaira to the emergency.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

All of the pain and memories of the past filled her so that only tears and shudders escaped her.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

The stock market shuddered Thursday after investors resumed a weekslong bond selloff that has defied the Treasury Department’s attempts to curb borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But when the piece was published, I shuddered at the headline: “Beyonce’s ‘Break My Soul’ just broke the internet and — hell yeah — is a Pride Month dance bop.”

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Planners shuddered, while architects looked away, even as they accepted handsome commissions to build some of L.A.’s — if not the world’s — most iconic buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

The whole world shuddered and shook with every blast.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“Your own children are work enough,” they would whisper, shuddering, “just imagine putting up with someone else’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“They think we’re these evil business owners,” she said, shuddering.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Villa's 11-game winning streak in all competitions was brought to a shuddering halt with a 4-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, raising doubts about their ability to maintain a title charge.

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

Now, all the other NFC contenders are getting hot — Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago — and the Rams are shuddering in an emotional ice bath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

Jack looked at her, shuddering and clattering and wide-eyed.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu


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